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@mcp-z/mcp-pdf

MCP server for creative PDF generation with full emoji, Unicode, and offline support

Why This Exists

PDFs shouldn't be boring. This server gives AI agents the power to create professional documents and creative projects with full emoji (😀 🎉 🚀), Unicode (你好 مرحبا Привет), and direct PDFKit access.

From practical invoices and resumes to creative artwork—if it's a PDF, you can build it.

Features

  • Full Emoji & Unicode - Color emoji as inline images, complete international text support

  • Offline Ready - Works without internet after first install, perfect for local LLMs

  • Creative Freedom - Colors, shapes, positioning—build anything from invoices to art

  • Three Specialized Tools - Simple text, advanced layouts, or JSON Resume format

  • Zero Dependencies - Pure JavaScript, no brew install, no system configuration

  • Smart Context Management - Returns resource URIs instead of embedding PDFs in context

Installation

npm install -g @mcp-z/mcp-pdf

Or use directly:

npx @mcp-z/mcp-pdf

Note: On first install, emoji font (~15MB) downloads automatically. After that, works completely offline.

Quick Start

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "pdf": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp-z/mcp-pdf"] } } }

Works Everywhere

Runs anywhere Node.js >=16 runs. No Python, no Cairo, no Homebrew—just npm install and go. Once installed, works completely offline with cached fonts.

How It Works

Resource URIs (No Context Bloat)

When you create a PDF, the server returns a resource URI instead of embedding the PDF content:

Create PDF → Returns: mcp-pdf://uuid (just the URI, not the PDF)

This keeps PDFs out of the LLM's context until explicitly needed. PDFs are only loaded when you specifically request them via their resource URI.

Security Model

This server writes PDFs to a sandboxed directory to prevent path traversal attacks:

  • Default location: ~/.mcp-pdf/

  • Custom location: Set PDF_STORAGE_DIR environment variable

  • Filename sanitization: Blocks .., /, and unsafe characters

  • No path parameters: Tools accept only filenames, not full paths

  • Server isolation: Never writes outside its storage directory

All generated PDFs are written to the configured storage directory with sanitized filenames.

Storage Directory

PDFs are stored in ~/.mcp-pdf by default. This works everywhere - local, containers, remote servers.

Most users should just use the default. No configuration needed.

Where to Find This Server

Published on multiple MCP registries and package managers:

What You Can Create

  • Professional - Resumes, invoices, reports, certificates

  • Creative - Flyers, posters, artistic documents, themed designs

  • Practical - Letters, notices, forms, documentation

  • Experimental - Bob Ross paintings, space themes, progressive effects

  • Anything - If it's a PDF, you can build it

Examples

1. Simple Text Document

Start simple with plain text:

create-simple-pdf({ filename: "letter.pdf", text: "Dear Customer,\n\nThank you for your business.\n\nBest regards,\nACME Corp", title: "Customer Thank You" })

2. Styled Document with Colors

Add visual style with colors and formatting:

create-pdf({ filename: "notice.pdf", content: [ { type: "heading", text: "Community Notice", fontSize: 24, color: "#2C5F8D", align: "center" }, { type: "text", text: "Pool maintenance scheduled for this weekend.", fontSize: 12, moveDown: 2 }, { type: "text", text: "Questions? Contact the front desk.", color: "#666666" } ] })

3. Certificate with Shapes

Combine shapes and text for visual impact:

create-pdf({ filename: "certificate.pdf", pageSetup: { backgroundColor: "#FFF8DC" }, content: [ // Gold border { type: "rect", x: 50, y: 50, width: 512, height: 692, strokeColor: "#DAA520", lineWidth: 3 }, // Title { type: "heading", text: "Certificate of Achievement", fontSize: 32, color: "#DAA520", align: "center", y: 200 }, // Recipient { type: "text", text: "Presented to", fontSize: 14, align: "center", moveDown: 2 }, { type: "heading", text: "Alex Quantum", fontSize: 28, color: "#003366", align: "center" } ] })

4. Professional Resume

Handle complex structured data with JSON Resume:

generate-resume-pdf({ filename: "john-doe-resume.pdf", resume: { basics: { name: "John Doe", label: "Software Engineer", email: "john@example.com", phone: "(555) 123-4567", summary: "Experienced software engineer with 5+ years building scalable web applications.", location: { city: "San Francisco", region: "CA" } }, work: [ { name: "Tech Corp", position: "Senior Software Engineer", startDate: "2021-03", highlights: [ "Built real-time notification system", "Reduced API response time by 60%", "Mentored 5 junior engineers" ] } ], skills: [ { name: "Languages", keywords: ["TypeScript", "JavaScript", "Python"] } ] } })

Creative Possibilities

Beyond standard documents, this tool creates artistic PDFs through layered shapes, gradients, and effects. Examples include Bob Ross-style landscape paintings, space-themed documents with stars and cosmic effects, and visually striking community notices.

The create-pdf tool provides direct access to PDFKit's capabilities for combining shapes, colors, positioning, and text into virtually anything.

Available Tools

generate-resume-pdf

Generate professional resumes from JSON Resume format.

Parameters:

  • filename (string, optional) - Filename for the PDF (defaults to "resume.pdf")

  • resume (object, required) - JSON Resume schema

Resume Schema Sections:

  • basics - Name, contact, summary, location

  • work - Work experience with highlights

  • education - Degrees and institutions

  • projects - Personal/professional projects

  • skills - Skills grouped by category

  • awards, certificates, languages, volunteer, publications, interests, references

See the resume example above for structure.

create-simple-pdf

Create basic text PDFs quickly.

Parameters:

  • filename (string, optional) - Filename for the PDF (defaults to "document.pdf")

  • text (string, required) - Text content

  • title (string, optional) - Document metadata title

create-pdf

Advanced PDF creation with full layout control.

Parameters:

  • filename (string, optional) - Filename for the PDF (defaults to "document.pdf")

  • title (string, optional) - Document metadata

  • author (string, optional) - Document metadata

  • pageSetup (object, optional) - Page configuration

  • content (array, required) - Content items

Page Setup:

pageSetup: { size: [612, 792], // [width, height] in points (default: Letter) margins: { top: 72, bottom: 72, left: 72, right: 72 }, backgroundColor: "#FFFFFF" }

Content Types:

Text & Headings:

{ type: "text", // or "heading" text: "Content here", fontSize: 12, bold: true, color: "#000000", align: "left", // "left", "center", "right", "justify" x: 100, // optional positioning y: 200, oblique: 15, // italic slant in degrees characterSpacing: 1, moveDown: 1, // spacing after (line heights) underline: true, strike: true }

Shapes:

// Rectangle { type: "rect", x: 50, y: 50, width: 200, height: 100, fillColor: "#FF0000", strokeColor: "#000000", lineWidth: 2 } // Circle { type: "circle", x: 300, // center X y: 400, // center Y radius: 50, fillColor: "#00FF00", strokeColor: "#000000", lineWidth: 1 } // Line { type: "line", x1: 100, y1: 100, x2: 500, y2: 100, strokeColor: "#0000FF", lineWidth: 2 }

Images & Pages:

// Image { type: "image", imagePath: "/path/to/image.png", width: 200, height: 150, x: 100, // optional positioning y: 200 } // Page Break { type: "pageBreak" }

Emoji & Unicode Support

Color Emoji - True color emoji render as inline PNG images. Emoji like 😀 🎉 🚀 👋 appear in full color. The emoji font (NotoColorEmoji.ttf) downloads automatically on install.

{ "basics": { "name": "John Doe 👨‍💻", "summary": "Developer 💻 passionate about clean code ✨" } }

Unicode - Complete international text support including Chinese (你好), Japanese (こんにちは), Korean (안녕하세요), Arabic (مرحبا), Cyrillic (Привет), Hebrew, Thai, Greek (Ξ Δ Ω), and geometric symbols (△ ○ ◆).

Resources

Requirements

Node.js >= 16

Contributing

Interested in contributing? See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, testing, and release workflow.

License

MIT

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How are these scores calculated?

local-only server

The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.

Tools

Enables creative PDF generation with full design control including colors, shapes, emoji, and Unicode support. Supports everything from simple documents to artistic masterpieces using PDFKit's powerful API.

  1. Why This Exists
    1. Features
      1. Installation
        1. Quick Start
          1. Works Everywhere
            1. How It Works
              1. Resource URIs (No Context Bloat)
              2. Security Model
              3. Storage Directory
            2. Where to Find This Server
              1. What You Can Create
                1. Examples
                  1. 1. Simple Text Document
                  2. 2. Styled Document with Colors
                  3. 3. Certificate with Shapes
                  4. 4. Professional Resume
                2. Creative Possibilities
                  1. Available Tools
                    1. generate-resume-pdf
                    2. create-simple-pdf
                    3. create-pdf
                  2. Emoji & Unicode Support
                    1. Resources
                      1. Requirements
                        1. Contributing
                          1. License

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